1978–79 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1978–79
Champions	Crystal Palace (1st title)
Promoted	Brighton & Hove Albion,; Stoke City
Relegated	Blackburn Rovers,; Millwall,; Sheffield United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,174 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pop Robson (West Ham United) 24 [3]
Biggest home win	Luton –Cardiff City 7–1 (16 Sep 1978); Luton –Notts County 6–0 (21 Oct 1978)
Biggest away win	Blackburn –Cardiff City 1–4 (28 Feb 1979); Cardiff City –Charlton 1–4 (4 Nov 1978); Charlton –Stoke 1–4 (14 Apr 1979); Luton –West Ham 1–4 (26 Feb 1979); Millwall –Brighton & Hove 1–4 (2 Sep 1979); Newcastle –Sunderland 1–4 (24 Feb 1979); 0–3: 9 matches
Highest scoring	Bristol Rovers –Charlton 5–5 (18 Nov 1978)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1978–79
Champions	Liverpool (11th English title)
Relegated	Birmingham City,; Chelsea,; Queens Park Rangers
European Cup 1979–80	Liverpool,; Nottingham Forest (defending champions)
FA Cup winners; European Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80	Arsenal (5th FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1979–80	Everton,; Ipswich Town; Leeds United,; West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,217 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frank Worthington (Bolton Wanderers), 24 [3]
Biggest home win	Liverpool – Tottenham 7–0 (2 Sep 1978)
Biggest away win	Tottenham – Arsenal 0–5 (23 Dec 1978)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough – Chelsea 7–2 (16 Dec 1978)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The Football League
Season	1978–79
Champions	Liverpool
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season was the 80th completed season of The Football League.

Bob Paisley won his third league title at Liverpool as his conquering side fought off competition from the likes of Nottingham Forest and West Bromwich Albion to achieve their triumph. Albion were in their first season under the management of Ron Atkinson, and during the season pulled off a famous 5-3 away win over Manchester United. Albion's playing staff included some of the most competent young players in the league, including Bryan Robson, Brendan Batson, Cyrille Regis and Laurie Cunningham.

Down at the other end of the table, the three relegation places went to Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City and Chelsea. QPR had declined since the departure of Dave Sexton in 1977 and were relegated just three years after coming within a whisker of the league title. Meanwhile, Chelsea manager Danny Blanchflower paid for Chelsea's shortcomings by losing his job.

Money dominated the headlines during the season: Trevor Francis became England's first million-pound footballer after joining Nottingham Forest from Birmingham City. Liverpool became one of the first English clubs to have a shirt sponsor when they agreed a sponsorship deal with the Japanese hi-fi manufacturers Hitachi. By the end of the season, more and more English clubs were signing money-spinning sponsorship deals with commercial firms as the sporting world became even more obsessed with advertising.

Crystal Palace won the Second Division title, followed by rivals Brighton & Hove Albion (in the top division for the first time) and third-placed Stoke City, to achieve promotion to the top flight. Going down were Sheffield United, Millwall and Blackburn Rovers.

Shrewsbury Town were crowned champions of the Third Division. The other two promotion spots were occupied by Watford and Swansea City, who within a few seasons would make their mark on the First Division. Peterborough United, Walsall, Tranmere Rovers and Lincoln City were relegated to the Fourth Division.

Reading, Grimsby Town, Wimbledon and Barnsley occupied the Fourth Division promotion places. The success came for Wimbledon in only their second season as a league club and within a decade they would be an established First Division club, but things would get worse before they got better.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

Bob Paisley guided Liverpool to their third league title in four seasons with the highest points total (68), best home record (40 points from 21 games) and highest goals scored to conceded ratio (85 scored, 16 conceded, ratio 5.3:1) ever attained in First Division history. Nottingham Forest built on their first league title triumph by winning the European Cup and retaining the League Cup under the management of Brian Clough, who in February signed striker Trevor Francis from Birmingham City in Britain's first million-pound transfer, although Forest finished eight points behind Liverpool in second place. West Bromwich Albion's first full season under Ron Atkinson brought an impressive third-place finish and a run to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, as well as a famous 5-3 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford just after Christmas.

Everton and Leeds United completed the top five. Seventh placed Arsenal compensated for a lack of a title challenge by beating Manchester United 3-2 in a memorable final of the FA Cup.

Chelsea, Birmingham City and QPR were relegated, while Derby County (champions just four years ago) only narrowly stayed up.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	19	2	0	51	4	11	6	4	34	12	85	16	+69	68	European Cup 1979–80 First round
2	Nottingham Forest	42	11	10	0	34	10	10	8	3	27	16	61	26	+35	60	European Cup 1979–80 First round ^{[notes 1]}
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	38	15	11	6	4	34	20	72	35	+37	59	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
4	Everton	42	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	52	40	+12	51	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
5	Leeds United	42	11	4	6	41	25	7	10	4	29	27	70	52	+18	50	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
6	Ipswich Town	42	11	4	6	34	21	9	5	7	29	28	63	49	+14	49	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
7	Arsenal	42	11	8	2	37	18	6	6	9	24	30	61	48	+13	48	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80 First round
8	Aston Villa	42	8	9	4	37	26	7	7	7	22	23	59	49	+10	46
9	Manchester United	42	9	7	5	29	25	6	8	7	31	38	60	63	–3	45
10	Coventry City	42	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	58	68	–10	44
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	7	8	6	19	25	6	7	8	29	36	48	61	–13	41
12	Middlesbrough	42	10	5	6	33	21	5	5	11	24	29	57	50	+7	40
13	Bristol City	42	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	47	51	–4	40
14	Southampton	42	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	47	53	–6	40
15	Manchester City	42	9	5	7	34	28	4	8	9	24	28	58	56	+2	39
16	Norwich City	42	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	51	57	–6	37
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	54	75	–21	35
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	44	68	–24	34
19	Derby County	42	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	44	71	–27	31
20	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	9	8	24	33	2	4	15	21	40	45	73	–28	25
21	Birmingham City	42	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	37	64	–27	22
22	Chelsea	42	3	5	13	23	42	2	5	14	21	50	44	92	–48	20

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Nottingham Forest won this year's European Cup and thus qualified as defending champions. They also won the League cup for the second year
running this year.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	Qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League cup winners, see Nottingham Forest
	Relegated

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ARS	AST	BIR	BOL	BRI	CHE	COV	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NWC	NOT	QPR	SOU	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	5–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1
Aston Villa	5–1		1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–0
Birmingham	0–0	0–1		3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	5–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	4–2	0–0	2–2		1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–4	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	3–1
Bristol City	1–3	1–0	2–1	4–1		3–1	5–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Chelsea	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–3	0–0		1–3	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	0–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–2
Coventry City	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–2		4–2	3–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	4–3	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–3	1–3	3–0
Derby County	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–2		0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	4–1
Everton	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	3–3	2–1		0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0
Ipswich Town	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–0	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	0–1		2–3	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–1
Leeds United	0–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1		0–3	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–3	4–0	1–2	1–3	3–0
Liverpool	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	7–0	2–1	2–0
Manchester City	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–4		0–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–1
Manchester United	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–3	1–0		3–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–5	3–2
Middlesbrough	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	7–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2		2–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Norwich City	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0
Nottingham Forest	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1		0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1
Queens Park Rangers	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–0	5–1	2–2	1–1	0–4	1–4	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0		0–1	2–2	0–1	3–3
Southampton	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1		3–3	1–1	3–2
Tottenham Hotspur	0–5	1–4	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0
West Bromwich Albion	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	7–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–3

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1978–1979 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1978–1979

Second Division

Crystal Palace continued to excel under the management of Terry Venables as their exciting young team finished top of a hotly contested Second Division promotion race, a point ahead of Brighton (in the First Division for the first time) and Stoke City. Sunderland missed out on promotion by a single point.

Newcastle United and Leicester City surprisingly failed to feature in the Second Division promotion race.

Blackburn Rovers, Millwall and Sheffield United went down to the Third Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Crystal Palace	42	12	7	2	30	11	7	12	2	21	13	51	24	+27	57
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	16	3	2	44	11	7	7	7	28	28	72	39	+33	56
3	Stoke City	42	11	7	3	35	15	9	9	3	23	16	58	31	+27	56
4	Sunderland	42	13	3	5	39	19	9	8	4	31	25	70	44	+26	55
5	West Ham United	42	12	7	2	46	15	6	7	8	24	24	70	39	+31	50
6	Notts County	42	8	10	3	23	15	6	6	9	25	45	48	60	–12	44
7	Preston North End	42	7	11	3	36	23	5	7	9	23	34	59	57	+2	42
8	Newcastle United	42	13	3	5	35	24	4	5	12	16	31	51	55	–4	42
9	Cardiff City	42	12	5	4	34	23	4	5	12	22	47	56	70	–14	42
10	Fulham	42	10	7	4	35	19	3	8	10	15	28	50	47	+3	41
11	Orient	42	11	5	5	32	18	4	5	12	19	33	51	51	0	40
12	Cambridge United	42	7	10	4	22	15	5	6	10	22	37	44	52	–8	40
13	Burnley	42	11	6	4	31	22	3	6	12	20	40	51	62	–11	40
14	Oldham Athletic	42	10	7	4	36	23	3	6	12	16	38	52	61	–9	39
15	Wrexham	42	10	6	5	31	16	2	8	11	14	26	45	42	+3	38	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80 First round ^{[notes2 1]}
16	Bristol Rovers	42	10	6	5	34	23	4	4	13	14	37	48	60	–12	38
17	Leicester City	42	7	8	6	28	23	3	9	9	15	29	43	52	–9	37
18	Luton Town	42	11	5	5	46	24	2	5	14	14	33	60	57	+3	36
19	Charlton Athletic	42	6	8	7	28	28	5	5	11	32	41	60	69	–9	35
20	Sheffield United	42	9	6	6	34	24	2	6	13	18	45	52	69	–17	34
21	Millwall	42	7	4	10	22	29	4	6	11	20	32	42	61	–19	32
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	5	8	8	24	29	5	2	14	17	43	41	72	–31	30

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Wrexham were runners-up in the Welsh Cup final, and since winners Shrewsbury Town are an English club, Wrexham were awarded the right to participate
in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	BLB	B&HA	BRR	BUR	CAM	CAR	CHA	CRY	FUL	LEI	LUT	MIL	NEW	NTC	OLD	ORI	PNE	SHU	STK	SUN	WHU	WRE
Blackburn Rovers		1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–4	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1		3–0	2–1	0–2	5–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1
Bristol Rovers	4–1	1–2		2–0	2–0	4–2	5–5	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Burnley	2–1	3–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–2	0–0
Cambridge United	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2		5–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Cardiff City	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0		1–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0
Charlton Athletic	2–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–4	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–4	1–2	0–0	1–1
Crystal Palace	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0		0–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Fulham	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	5–1	2–2	3–1	0–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–2	5–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–1
Leicester City	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0		3–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	5–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1
Luton Town	2–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	7–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–1		2–2	2–0	6–0	6–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–4	2–1
Millwall	1–1	1–4	0–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–2		2–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2
Newcastle United	3–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	5–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	1–1	0–0	4–3	1–3	2–0	1–4	0–3	2–0
Notts County	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2		0–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic	5–0	1–3	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–3	3–3		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0
Orient	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0		2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–1
Preston North End	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	6–1	2–3	2–2	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		2–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1
Sheffield United	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	5–1	4–2	1–2	0–1		0–0	3–2	3–0	1–1
Stoke City	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–1		0–1	2–0	3–0
Sunderland	0–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	6–2	0–1		2–1	1–0
West Ham United	4–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	5–2	3–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–3		1–1
Wrexham	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–2	4–3

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1978–1979 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1978–1979

Third Division

Football League
Third Division
Season	1978–79
Champions	Shrewsbury Town (1st title)
Promoted	Swansea City, Watford
Relegated	Lincoln City, Peterborough United, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,388 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ross Jenkins (Watford), 29 ^[3]
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Shrewsbury Town	46	14	9	0	36	11	7	10	6	25	30	61	41	+20	61	^{[notes3 1]}
2	Watford	46	15	5	3	47	22	9	7	7	36	30	83	52	+31	60
3	Swansea City	46	16	6	1	57	32	8	6	9	26	29	83	61	+22	60
4	Gillingham	46	15	7	1	39	15	6	10	7	26	27	65	42	+23	59
5	Swindon Town	46	17	2	4	44	14	8	5	10	30	38	74	52	+22	57
6	Carlisle United	46	11	10	2	31	13	4	12	7	22	29	53	42	+11	52
7	Colchester United	46	13	9	1	35	19	4	8	11	25	36	60	55	+5	51
8	Hull City	46	12	9	2	36	14	7	2	14	30	47	66	61	+5	49
9	Exeter City	46	14	6	3	38	18	3	9	11	23	38	61	56	+5	49
10	Brentford	46	14	4	5	35	19	5	5	13	18	30	53	49	+4	47
11	Oxford United	46	10	8	5	27	20	4	10	9	17	30	44	50	–6	46
12	Blackpool	46	12	5	6	38	19	6	4	13	23	40	61	59	+2	45
13	Southend United	46	11	6	6	30	17	4	9	10	21	32	51	49	+2	45
14	Sheffield Wednesday	46	9	8	6	30	22	4	11	8	23	31	53	53	0	45
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	9	3	40	27	4	5	14	27	41	67	68	–1	44
16	Chester	46	11	9	3	42	21	3	7	13	15	40	57	61	–4	44
17	Rotherham United	46	13	3	7	30	23	4	7	12	19	32	49	55	–6	44
18	Mansfield Town	46	7	11	5	30	24	5	8	10	21	28	51	52	–1	43
19	Bury	46	6	11	6	35	32	5	9	9	24	33	59	65	–6	42
20	Chesterfield	46	10	5	8	35	34	3	9	11	16	31	51	65	–14	40
21	Peterborough United	46	8	7	8	26	24	3	7	13	18	39	44	63	–19	36
22	Walsall	46	7	6	10	34	32	3	6	14	22	39	56	71	–15	32
23	Tranmere Rovers	46	4	12	7	26	31	2	4	17	19	47	45	78	–33	28
24	Lincoln City	46	5	7	11	26	38	2	4	17	15	50	41	88	–47	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Shrewsbury Town were winners of the Welsh Cup winners this season, but as they are an English club, they did not earn a place in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted; Welsh Cup winners, not qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	BLP	BRE	Bury	CRL	CHE	CHF	COL	EXE	GIL	HUL	LIN	MAN	OXF	PET	PLY	ROT	SHW	SHR	STD	SWA	SWI	TRA	WAL	WAT
Blackpool		0–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	5–0	1–2	1–3	5–2	2–0	2–1	1–1
Brentford	3–2		0–1	0–0	6–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–3
Bury	1–3	2–3		2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	3–0	3–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2
Carlisle United	1–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Chester	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–2		3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
Chesterfield	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–3	3–1		2–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	3–3	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	5–2	0–0	0–2
Colchester United	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–1
Exeter City	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	2–1		0–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0
Gillingham	2–0	0–0	3–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0		2–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–3
Hull City	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1		0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	4–0
Lincoln City	1–2	1–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–4	4–2		0–1	2–2	0–1	3–3	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–5
Mansfield Town	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0		1–1	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–3
Oxford United	1–0	0–1	0–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2		0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Peterborough United	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–1
Plymouth Argyle	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	3–4	2–1	1–4	0–1	3–2		2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1
Rotherham United	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	4–1	2–1
Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–3	2–1		0–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–3
Shrewsbury Town	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2		2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Southend	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1		0–2	5–3	0–1	1–0	1–0
Swansea City	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	5–3	3–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	4–4	4–2	1–1	3–2		1–2	4–3	2–2	3–2
Swindon Town	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	6–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		4–1	4–1	2–0
Tranmere	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	6–2	1–1	1–5	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–1		0–0	1–1
Walsall	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0		2–4
Watford	5–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1978–1979

Brentford

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1978–1979

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division
Season	1978–79
Champions	Reading (1st title)
Promoted	Barnsley, Grimsby Town, Wimbledon
Failed re-election	None
New club in the league	Wigan Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,409 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Dungworth (Aldershot), 26 ^[3]
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	19	3	1	49	8	7	10	6	27	27	76	35	+41	65
2	Grimsby Town	46	15	5	3	51	23	11	4	8	31	26	82	49	+33	61
3	Wimbledon	46	18	3	2	50	20	7	8	8	28	26	78	46	+32	61
4	Barnsley	46	15	5	3	47	23	9	8	6	26	19	73	42	+31	61
5	Aldershot	46	16	5	2	38	14	4	12	7	25	33	63	47	+16	57
6	Wigan Athletic	46	14	5	4	40	24	7	8	8	23	24	63	48	+15	55
7	Portsmouth	46	13	7	3	35	12	7	5	11	27	36	62	48	+14	52
8	Newport County	46	12	5	6	39	28	9	5	9	27	27	66	55	+11	52
9	Huddersfield Town	46	13	8	2	32	15	5	3	15	25	38	57	53	+4	47
10	York City	46	11	6	6	33	24	7	5	11	18	31	51	55	–4	47
11	Torquay United	46	14	4	5	38	24	5	4	14	20	41	58	65	–7	46
12	Scunthorpe United	46	12	3	8	33	30	5	8	10	21	30	54	60	–6	45
13	Hartlepool United	46	7	12	4	35	28	6	6	11	22	38	57	66	–9	44
14	Hereford United	46	12	8	3	35	18	3	5	15	18	35	53	53	0	43
15	Bradford City	46	11	5	7	38	26	6	4	13	24	42	62	68	–6	43
16	Port Vale	46	8	10	5	29	28	6	4	13	28	42	57	70	–13	42
17	Stockport County	46	11	5	7	33	21	3	7	13	25	39	58	60	–2	40
18	Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	34	19	3	5	15	13	29	47	48	–1	39
19	Northampton Town	46	12	4	7	40	30	3	5	15	24	46	64	76	–12	39
20	Rochdale	46	11	4	8	25	26	4	5	14	22	38	47	64	–17	39
21	Darlington	46	8	8	7	25	21	3	7	13	24	45	49	66	–17	37
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	8	7	25	22	5	3	15	25	51	50	73	–23	37
23	Halifax Town	46	7	5	11	24	32	2	3	18	15	40	39	72	–33	26
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	3	7	13	24	41	3	7	13	19	49	43	90	–47	26

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALD	BAR	BOU	BRA	CRE	DAR	DON	GRI	HAL	HAR	HER	HUD	NPC	NOR	POR	PTV	REA	ROC	SCU	STP	TOR	WIG	WDN	YOR
Aldershot		1–0	1–0	6–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Barnsley	2–0		1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	6–2	3–1	0–3	4–1	4–4	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–0
Bournemouth	0–1	0–2		1–0	0–1	2–2	7–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Bradford City	0–2	1–2	2–1		6–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2		1–1	2–4	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	2–4	0–0	1–5	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	6–2	1–1	1–2	0–1
Darlington	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		3–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1
Doncaster Rovers	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–3		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2
Grimsby Town	0–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	2–2	7–2	3–4		2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–0
Halifax Town	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2		2–4	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1
Hartlepool	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–4	1–0	3–1		2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1
Hereford United	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	6–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0		3–0	0–3	4–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0
Huddersfield Town	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3		0–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Newport County	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–1		2–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–1
Northampton Town	2–3	0–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–1		0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–0
Portsmouth	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Port Vale	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0		0–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0
Reading	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	0–0		2–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
Rochdale	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2
Scunthorpe United	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–2	3–1	2–3	0–3	2–2	2–0	0–3	0–4		1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–3
Stockport County	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–3	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–2		0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0
Torquay United	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–6	3–0
Wigan Athletic	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	5–3	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–1		1–2	1–1
Wimbledon	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–4	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	5–0	2–1		2–1
York City	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	5–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	5–3	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–4

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1978–1979

Wimbledon

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1978–1979

References

↑ "England 1978–79". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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[4] Nottingham Forest won this year's European Cup and thus qualified as defending champions. They also won the League cup for the second year
running this year.

[5] Wrexham were runners-up in the Welsh Cup final, and since winners Shrewsbury Town are an English club, Wrexham were awarded the right to participate
in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

[6] Shrewsbury Town were winners of the Welsh Cup winners this season, but as they are an English club, they did not earn a place in the Cup Winners' Cup.

[rsssf-1] "England 1978–79". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[Rothmans-2] 1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[topscorers-3] 1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[1]

1978–79 in European football (UEFA)
« 1977–78 1979–80 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '78 '79 England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '78 '79 Spain Sweden '78 '79 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '78 '79 Finland '78 '79 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '78 '79 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '78 '79 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77–'78 '79–'80

1978–79 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division

Results

Maps

Fourth Division

Results

Maps

See also

References